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Substation · England, United Kingdom

Blackwall Way 11kV Substation

Blackwall Way 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 79.4 MVA of demand headroom and 100 MVA of generation headroom, operated by London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area).

Map: where Blackwall Way 11kV lies
51.5079, -0.0041 on OpenStreetMap

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

FactValueSource
LocationEnglandUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorLondon Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area)UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Demand headroom79.4 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom100 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity85.8 MVAUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage11 kVUK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.5079, -0.0041UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

Research on this substation and the land around it.Its headroom, connection queue and congestion, who owns the land around it, and an introduction to those owners.

Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 382 grid connections (263 operating, 2,563 MW), 379 power plants (135 operating, 6,021 MW), 141 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 1 transmission line and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Telehouse SouthData center——0.1 km
Global Switch London SouthData center—Under construction0.3 km
Global Switch London EastData center——0.3 km
Hedgehog Grove Solar Farm - Solar PanelsPower plant98 MWPlanned0.9 km
The O2 Arena - Wind turbinesPower plant3 MWCancelled1.1 km
Halsville Quarter grid connectionGrid connection1.2 MWOperating1.2 km
5 North Colonnade grid connectionGrid connection4.4 MWOperating1.2 km
Solar 1 MW grid connection at West Ham Grid 11kVGrid connection1 MWOperating1.5 km
Bywaters’ Materials Recovery Facility Solar ArrayPower plant1 MWOperating1.6 km

Grid operator and place

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Candidate sites around this substation

2 sites of land near Blackwall Way 11kV have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

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